Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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W. Mellor and Co

From Graces Guide

of Macclesfield

1876 Description and engravings of a plate-welding steam hammer, three of which were supplied to the Hyde Works of Daniel Adamson and Co[1]

1891 ' ... On Friday week the remains of Mr. James Mellor, of Hough Hole, Rainow, near Macclesfield, who died on the previous Monday, at the age of 94, were interred in the garden attached to his residence, .... Deceased was born at Blue Boar Farm, Jin Clough, on 29th December, 1796. In his early days he was engaged in the cotton trade, his father having built and owned Rainow Cotton Mill, now locally known as " The White Shop," occupied by Messrs. William Mellor and Co., machinists. ...'[2]

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Sources of Information

  1. Engineering 1876/04/14
  2. Cheshire Observer - Saturday 26 September 1891